Storage Tech (Colorado) PDP-10s

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Author: mart... Stephen M. Jones
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 20:07

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Did anyone ever work with or know about the PDP-10s at Storage Tech?
Didn't they make the TU70, TU71 and TU72?  Did those require channel
adapter gear?
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Re: Storage Tech (Colorado) PDP-10s

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Author: Rich Alderson
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 23:22

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mart...@sdf.lonestar.org (Stephen M. Jones) writes:

> Did anyone ever work with or know about the PDP-10s at Storage Tech?
> Didn't they make the TU70, TU71 and TU72?  Did those require channel
> adapter gear?

We had TU72 drives at UChicago.  The DX20 interface was a PDP-8/a hidden in a
19" rack and lying to the drives about being an IBM 2803/2804 and to the 2065
about being something Massbus.  "Microcode" (PDP-8 program) was downloaded into
the DX20 from the KL.

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